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What would you have done?

What would you have done?

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I probably would've filled up without saying anything, unfortunately. I don't think that's the moral thing to do, though. That poor guy lost over $20,000 in just 3 hours.
 
Been in similar situations. I don't have the ability to take advantage. I always report errors in my favor.
 
I'd have probably filled my tank at the cheap price then told the guy afterward.
 
Guy's a local businessman. This hurt him. If it had been a corporate chain, I wouldn't have batted an eyelash.
 
My husband would have filled his tank and all the gas containers he owned without a word, and justified his behavior because "big oil makes record profits off our backs."

I, on the other hand, would never have been able to do that, since "big oil" wouldn't lose a penny and the poor sod who owned the gas station is just trying to support his family. I'm a sap when it comes to moral dilemmas. I just can't keep that extra change from a $20 instead of the $10 I handed over. I'd really be so disgusted with myself that I wouldn't be able to sleep.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
Guy's a local businessman. This hurt him. If it had been a corporate chain, I wouldn't have batted an eyelash.
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Frequently, the businesses will hold the clerks responsible in such cases, so it is still hurting the local small person.
 
I would have told him. Blame it on my mother.
 
I'm afraid I don't know what I would do. My best guess would be that, since I stumble through life so alternately awestruck and dumbfounded most of the time, I wouldn't have even noticed. Had I heard about this by word of mouth (as indicated in the article), I wouldn't have gone to fill up my tank without a better reason than saving a few bucks.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
Guy's a local businessman. This hurt him. If it had been a corporate chain, I wouldn't have batted an eyelash.
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Except you're never hurting the corporate chain when this sort of thing happens, only the local businessman.
 
Blamed Bush and ran :fueltofir

(and by that smilie I don't mean light the place on fire.)
 
I would have reported it, I would have gone through the whole day with a pang of guilt in my stomach if I didn't.
 
Your Star said:
I would have reported it, I would have gone through the whole day with a pang of guilt in my stomach if I didn't.
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I think I would've too. I probably would have filled up and then felt terrible about it all day. I'd go back and pay him what I actually owed him.
 
Depends on if this place is one that plays the game of price gouging in the past. If so? I would have gladly filled up and went on my merry way. If not? I would have said something.
 
I voted something else.
I wouldnt have said anything and drove off, but NOT to rip them off, its because I got like a 20 gallon tank. Typically I drive till im almost empty and get $20 worth of gas. I do this probably 9 out of 10 times so I would have only looked at the money and not the gallons.

By time I figured out I had damn near a full tank or even noticed that I seemed to have extra gas, I would have probably suspected my gas gauge was broke or I filled up some other time and forgot LOL

with all that nonsense said if I would have noticed I would have definitely told the owner.
 
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